Recent content by rquack

My brother's youngest son, a high school senior this year, just began shooting trap about a year ago. The coach at his school found out he was a duck hunter and heavily recruited him to join the multi-school trap team. I loaned him my BT 99 and he began his trap shooting experiences; he liked...

I've been shooting these at deer for nearly 30 years. Never had to fire a second shot. And all were short tracking jobs... most only about 30inches, vertically.

I've had great luck with 42 grains of IMR 4064 in my Model Seven; 1/4 to 1/2 inch groups. Shoots great in the son in laws Tikkas, too.

I've been running IMR 4064 in my 7mm-08 for over 30 years. It has demonstrated exceptional accuracy and deadly results in several rifles in this caliber using the 7mm BT 120's.

I've been using the RCBS system since the late 90's. I have replaced the fluorescent lights with LED's on the ceiling and under the wall cabinets in the loading room to insure against interference. But the thing I noted that most dramatically affects my set up is temperature. My loading room is...

I put a formica top on my bench, added some cheap LED strip lights under the wall cabinets [as in a kitchen, Menard's $15] to enhance task lighting and a bright LED ceiling light. And because the space is quite tight, I installed my various loading machines by installing threaded inserts into...

Thanks for the pics, Darkhorse. That's some great data that you've shared. It clearly illustrates the effect of any change that's made. The trick is isolating changes and insuring that I'm only altering one spec at a time so as not to confuse the results. I've been unable to get out and do any...

I'm loading for two 7mm-08's now and will be going through a load development process for each of them again after starting a new powder container. In the past i've just altered my powder charge and generally used saami oal or used an arbitrary .015 off of the lands as a standard. So I've little...

I purchased one about 20 years ago. I debated the purchase for quite a while in my mind before pulling the trigger because it was going to set me back about $375 or more at the local Gander Mountain. I've never regretted it. The programming of the unit was a bit tedious and for those that reload...

I've ben using 42 grains of IMR 4064 with CCI benchrest primers and the 120 grain Nosler BT for decades. I shoot less than 1/2 groups with my Model 7 Remington through that pencil thin barrel. VERY light recoil, great accuracy and always a one shot kill... they generally don't go more than...

Thanks for the replies. I very much appreciate the insights. I'll probably be using this particular rifle when hunting at my daughter's house with the son-in-law and grandkids. They live just a few hundred yards south of M46 west of Saginaw. They're only into that "shotgun" zone by about a...

I just acquired a Remington 700 Titanium in 7mm-08. Gunbroker can be a wicked temptress. I first saw this rifle about 15 or so years ago when I was having a Rem 700 Stainless 7 mag built for my son-in-law as a wedding gift. I just couldn't swing buying it at the time and it has haunted me ever...

In the past past I've been fortunate enough to find really good loads with only minor variation from book specs. But with this new rifle I'm in search of a bit of guidance before I get too far from book specs. I just picked up a 44 mag single shot Henry rifle for use in Michigan's old "shotgun"...

About 25 years ago I had a very brief fling with an admittedly cheap illuminated reticle scope, I think it was a Swift 4-12 [?] with a reticle that could be illuminated using a control that would vary the intensity of the brightness. It sounded good for hunting at dusk, so I bought it and used...

That's some really good advice from BrettN; I'd recommend that myself. As a 40 year reloading veteran I have found much of what I need in developing a reliable and very accurate load with just the basic tools. Although, I do have two rifles that I'm going to be buying some precision gear for in...